Bout of Books 19: Day 7 final recap

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and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.
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WHAT I READ ON DAY 7:

Manderley Forever: 118 pages

A Curious Collection: 2 pages

Men Without Women, by Murakami: 83 pages- FINISHED

Le Regard du Ressuscité: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 7= 227
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: finished The Adventure of The Solitary Cyclist, The Adventure of the Priory School, and started The Adventure of Black PeterTOTAL PAGES: 714 /525

SO:

Wow, it got almost better every day of the week!

I managed to read 714/525 pages, so an average of 102 pages per day, whereas my challenge was 75!

Plus, I managed to have 5H10 of audio time, which is an average of 44 mn/day

So I think that makes it my best result for Bout of Books, I think this is the 8th time I was participating

I finished 2 books:

– Men Without Women, by Murakami

– My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier

– and listened to 6 Sherlock Holmes stories (in the collection: The Return of SH)

WHAT I READ ON DAY 6:

Manderley Forever: 14 pages

A Curious Collection: 2 pages

My Cousin Rachel: 56 pages FINISHED

Men Without Women, by Murakami: 32 pages

The Novel of the Century: 25 pages

The Typikon: 3 pages

Le Regard du Ressuscité: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 6= 156. Ah ah, getting closer to my total goal!
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: still in The Adventure of The Solitary CyclistTOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 487 /525

ALSO:

I did NOT do the challenge “Seasons of Books”. I didn’t have time early in the day, and then forgot all about it!

WHAT I READ ON DAY 5:

Manderley Forever: 4 pages

A Curious Collection: 1 pages

My Cousin Rachel: 18 pages

Men Without Women, by Murakami: 37 pages

The Novel of the Century: 18 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 5= 78. Good for my daily goal, but not enough to catch up with my total goal.
+ 45 mn hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: still in The Adventure of The Solitary CyclistTOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 331/525

ALSO:

WHAT I READ ON DAY 4:

Manderley Forever: 10 pages

A Curious Collection: 1 pages

My Cousin Rachel: 17 pages

Men Without Women, by Murakami: 31 pages

The Sherlock Holmes Book: 14 pages

The Novel of the Century: 18 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 4= 91, getting better everyday!
+ 1.15 hour of audiobook: Sherlock Holmes: finished The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, The Adventure of The Dancing Men, started The Adventure of The Solitary CyclistTOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 253/525

ALSO:

I did NOT do the challenge “Character Dating Profile”, which did not inspire me

ALSO:

Did you notice I added another book?? My library got for me the very new Murakami, published 2 days ago, so I HAD to start it! I usually don’t like short stories, but I will definitely make an exception with my favorite Japanese author. The first story was good, in his usual style.

WHAT I READ ON DAY 2:

Manderley Forever: 24 pages

TOTAL pages in DAY 2= 24
That’s IT!! Because of a spontaneous get together with friends.
And NO audio time!
Looks like I’m not going to break any reading record this week!!TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 80/525

ALSO:

WHAT I READ ON DAY 1:

Manderley Forever: 21 pages

The Novel of the Century: 12 pages

The Sherlock Holmes Book: 15 pages

A Curious Collection: 7 pages

The Typikon: 1 page

TOTAL pages in DAY 1= 56
quite poor, because of the hour spent in the twitter party, at the time when I can read
+ 40 mn of audio time (Sherlock Holmes: finished The Final Problem and started The Empty House)TOTAL PAGES SO FAR: 56/525

ALSO:

I did the challenge:Introduce Yourself #insixwordsIn case you have not seen it, come this way

Le Regard du Ressuscité, by Archimandrite Gabriel – a French book on Orthodox icons, received for review

My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier – for The Classics Club

The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Missérables, by David Bellos

and from books I read a few pages every day:

The Typikon Decoded, by Archimandrite Job Getcha – Orthodox Liturgics

Paradise Lost, by Milton – for The Classics Club

The Sherlock Holmes Book, by DK Publishing

A Curious Collection of Dates: Through the Year with Sherlock Holmes, by Leah Guinn

The two latest books I read in connection with my audiobook project of listening to all of Sherlock Holmes. So during Bout of Books I will listen to The Hounds of the Baskervilles and his following work: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

If I have finished some of the above before the beginning of BOB, I will edit the list the day before

Challenges/Giveaways

Wednesday 5/10
Share Your Shelfie!

Thursday 5/11
Character Dating Profile

Friday 5/12
Book Spine Rainbow

Saturday 5/13
Seasons of Books

Sunday 5/14
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